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Elmer B. Harley, now at McAlester, sentenced at Claremore on the charge of stealing horses, gave the following information in substance, as follows: The robberies that were carried on by our gang were tipped off generally by Hi Thompson, Frisco detective, and Jess Egan, also of the Frisco detective service. He would generally tell us in which cars stuff could be found. A lot of our stuff was bought by old man Reber, an American, who has a store in West Tulsa. Much of it was taken by Huffstraw, or the Huffstraw Hotel in West Tulsa. Fred Wilson, now in Granite, knows these things, or many of them, but has not been truthful in his statements concerning them for the reason that the police force of Tulsa work on Fred thru his mother. We did the Bowden depot robberty on a Sunday night, breaking the safe. There were in that gang Jim Ivy, Jack Smith, of the Tulsa Police force, Mont Miller, and myself. In all of these robberies I was forced to participante by reason of the fact that the police force had something on me and they threatened me with exposure if I did not do their bidding. The robbery of the Owasso station was in June, 1919; we got $33.33 there. Jim Ivy, Mont Miller, Jack Smith and myself. Egan tipped off to Jack the dope on the Dawson robbery. From the Nichols Transfer Company we got a Victoria, which was sold to Huffstraw for $55.00, and two trunks belonging to Lillian Coble. Jack Smith is now out on bond and has been for many months, without being brought to trial. The Oakhurst robberty, which was the robbery of the Overmeyer residence, was consummated by taking a truck up to the door and loading in much valuable furniture, &c. Jim Ivy got the small furniture for two hogs and $40.00. Huffstraw bought the piano for $60.00. The gang turned on me when I returned to John Lukes, a poor man, a horse which they had stolen. I got the horse from Jack Smith's

Elmer B. Harley, now at McAlester, sentenced at Claremore on the charge of stealing horses, gave the following information in substance, as follows: The robberies that were carried on by our gang were tipped off generally by Hi Thompson, Frisco detective, and Jess Egan, also of the Frisco detective service. He would generally tell us in which cars stuff could be found. A lot of our stuff was bought by old man Reber, an American, who has a store in West Tulsa. Much of it was taken by Huffstraw, or the Huffstraw Hotel in West Tulsa. Fred Wilson, now in Granite, knows these things, or many of them, but has not been truthful in his statements concerning them for the reason that the police force of Tulsa work on Fred thru his mother. We did the Bowden depot robberty on a Sunday night, breaking the safe. There were in that gang Jim Ivy, Jack Smith, of the Tulsa Police force, Mont Miller, and myself. In all of these robberies I was forced to participante by reason of the fact that the police force had something on me and they threatened me with exposure if I did not do their bidding. The robbery of the Owasso station was in June, 1919; we got $33.33 there. Jim Ivy, Mont Miller, Jack Smith and myself. Egan tipped off to Jack the dope on the Dawson robbery. From the Nichols Transfer Company we got a Victoria, which was sold to Huffstraw for $55.00, and two trunks belonging to Lillian Coble. Jack Smith is now out on bond and has been for many months, without being brought to trial. The Oakhurst robberty, which was the robbery of the Overmeyer residence, was consummated by taking a truck up to the door and loading in much valuable furniture, &c. Jim Ivy got the small furniture for two hogs and $40.00. Huffstraw bought the piano for $60.00. The gang turned on me when I returned to John Lukes, a poor man, a horse which they had stolen. I got the horse from Jack Smith's